The University of Pretoria is to confer an honorary doctorate on President Nelson Mandela for what it describes as his outstanding contribution to the well-being of South Africa and humanity this century.

Alierta particularly emphasised the performance in Brazil, which he described as "outstanding", adding that it consolidates the Company's leadership "in a market which will soon become Telefónica's main source of revenue, and where the integration of the fixed and mobile businesses will allow the Company to capture synergies of 3,700-4,600 million euros, a significantly larger amount than initially forecasted."

An Inspector in the Wetlands Management Department of Nema, Joseph Ogwal, recently told journalists that the residents resisted the eviction because they had been told not to vacate by the Resident District Commissioner for Nakawa, Mr Fred Bamwine, who reportedly said he intervened to address what he called outstanding issues.